Buying Guide
See what you’re missing.
ColdFusion Enterprise (2016 Release) |
ColdFusion 11 Enterprise |
ColdFusion 10 Enterprise |
ColdFusion 9 Enterprise |
||
API Manager |
API monitoring |
✓ |
|||
API version and lifecycle management |
✓ |
||||
API Access Control |
✓ |
||||
API rate limiting and throttling |
✓ |
||||
API developer portal |
✓ |
||||
SOAP gateway |
✓ |
||||
External storage for session scope |
✓ |
||||
API Caching |
✓ |
||||
Enterprise API management |
✓ |
||||
SOAP to REST translation |
✓ |
||||
Mobile development |
Client-side database integration |
✓ |
✓ |
||
CFML-based mobile app development |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Device detection |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Native device APIs |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
On—device debugging |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Remote inspection |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Client-side database access |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Custom tag framework |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Application Development |
Full CFSCRIPT support |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Command line interface |
✓ |
||||
Member functions |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
QueryExecute and Elvis operator |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Social login support and social plug-in integration |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Custom serializer and de-serializer for JSON and XML |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Multisite RESTful web services |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Object-relational mapping (ORM) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
ORM text search |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Advanced caching (ehcache) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Ajax UI component |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Ajax framework |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Image manipulation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
RSSand atom feed creation and consumption |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
ZIP and JAR archive file manipulation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Database introspection |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Custom server-side chart styles |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Server-side charting and graphing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
ColdFusion components (CFCs) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
XML support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
XPath support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Web services (SOAP) |
Enhanced |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Built-in support for REST |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
File manipulation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
.NET assembly support (DLL) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Java, servlet, and EJB connectivity |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
JDBC and ODBC |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
FTP and SFTP servers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Virtual file systems (RAM) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Virtual file systems (ZIP, JAR, FTP, SFTP) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Multi-threaded CFML1(CFTHREAD) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Database client connection management |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Support for additional database types |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Database exception handling |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Failover support for database |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Revamped scheduler engine |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Grouping of scheduled tasks |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Misfire and exception handling of scheduled tasks |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Scheduled task priority |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Listeners for scheduled tasks |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Cluster support for scheduled tasks |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Chaining of scheduled tasks |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Application-specific scheduled tasks |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Support for closures |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
CFC auto constructor |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
CFC method chaining |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
For-in support for queries and lists |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Hotfix installer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Instant notification for updates in ColdFusion Administrator |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
CFScript support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Flex and Adobe AIR lazy loading |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Advanced protocol support |
Gateway architecture |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Data management service |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Data services messaging |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Enterprise IM gateways (Sametime and XMPP) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Asynchronous CFML gateway |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
SMS gateway |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
JMS gateway |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
TCP/IP socket gateway |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Directory watcher gateway |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Document services |
PDF digital signatures |
✓ |
✓ |
||
PDF archiving |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Full PDF DDX support |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
PDF redaction |
✓ |
||||
PDF sanitization |
✓ |
||||
Exchange comments across files |
✓ |
||||
Standardized PDF metadata |
✓ |
||||
PDF attachments |
✓ |
||||
PDF stamp support |
✓ |
||||
Cluster support for HTML to PDF conversion |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
Microsoft Office 2010 PowerPoint file generation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
PDF file conversion from Microsoft Office 2010 Word and PowerPoint |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
MS Office 2010 Excel support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
PDF form processing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
PDF document manipulation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Server-side printing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Online presentation generation |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
PDF file generation from HTML |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Structured reporting |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Enterprise infrastructure |
64-bit support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Administrative user and role management |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Request limit management |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Operating system virtualization support |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
High-scalability email engine |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Web-based multi-instance manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Web-based cluster manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
JEE package deployment (EAR/WAR) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Multiple server instances |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Instance clustering |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Enterprise database drivers |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
ColdFusion archiving and deployment (CAR) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
HTML5 |
Cluster support for HTML5 web sockets |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Port80 support for HTML5 web sockets |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
SSLv3 support for HTML web sockets |
✓ |
✓ |
|||
HTML5 charts |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Built-in HTML5 videoplayer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Fall back from HTML5 to Adobe Flash technology and vice versa |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Skinning support for HTML5 videoplayer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Support for events and JavaScript interface for HTML5 videoplayer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Geo-location capability with CFMAP |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Suport for HTML5 input types |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Support for websocket protocol on server |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Interface for publish and subscribe using web socket |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Custom styles for HTML5 charts |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Integrated solutions |
Embedded Apache Solr full-text search engine |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Support for dynamic custom fields for Solr |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Data import handler for Solr |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Adobe LiveCycle Data Services ES integration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Eclipse based debugging |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Flash remoting |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Adobe Dreamweaver and Eclipse extensions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
User-defined functions |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Microsoft SharePoint web parts |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Microsoft SharePoint single sign-on |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Java portal integration (JSR-168, JSR-286, WSRP) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Email servers (POP and IMAP) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Support for Microsoft Exchange 2010 |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Microsoft Exchange server integration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Directory servers (Active Directory and LDAP) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Apache Tomcat integration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Revamped Adobe Flash videoplayer |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Bidirectional Java integration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Java classes loaded from custom paths |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Java dynamic proxies from CFCs |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Ability to invoke CFCs from Java classes |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Tight integration with ColdFusion Builder |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Security |
Windows NT domain authentication |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
RSA FIPS 140–compliant strong cryptology |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Security sandboxing |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Built-in functions to protect against XSS and CSRF |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
||
Login mechanism |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Security code analyzer |
✓ |
||||
Session cookie management |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Server manager and monitor |
Desktop-based server manager |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
Web-based server administration |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Administrator API |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Compiled application deployment (sourceless) |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Server monitoring dashboard |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
|
Server monitoring API |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |
✓ |